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In the United States, True Colors has been certified double platinum by the RIAA and peaked at number four on the Billboard chart. It topped the Australian chart for four weeks and, in Japan, outsold She's So Unusual, although that was not the case in most countries.
The album produced the singles "True Colors" (#1 Billboard Hot 100), "Change of Heart" (#3), "What's Going On" (#12), and "Boy Blue" (#71). Each single had a music video although the video for "Boy Blue" was just a live performance from her Zenith concert in Paris.
True Colors was re-issued in a Japanese exclusive limited edition box set 11-track digitally remastered CD album.
The title song, written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, has been covered by many other artists including Phil Collins, Natasha St. Pier, Anna Tsuchiya, Tanya Chua, Olivia Ong and Kasey Chambers, and was used as the theme song for the 1988 Olympic Games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup and for Kodak cameras and film. In 2010, the song was also featured in the soundtrack of Sex and the City 2, and the hit television series Glee.
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